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' T. 8a J. HOHULIN.

FARM- GATE.

No. 509,374. Patented Nov; 28, 189 3.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHEUS HOHULIN AND JOHN 'HO HULIN, OF MORTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN- ous on ONE-HALF TO ERNST SUOHERT AND WILLIAM VOELPEL, OF SAME 1 PLACE.

.FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,374, dated November 28, 1893.

' Application filed February 15, 1893. Serial No. 462,485. (No model.)

Beit known that we, TIMOTHEUS HOHULIN and JOHN HOHULIN, residents of Morton, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, which will I enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

7 which form a part of this specification.

' person in a vehicle or on horseback to manip- Our invention relates to improvements in farm gates of that class or description in which the gate may be opened and closed by pulling upon cords or chains, thus enabling a ulate the same without getting out or dismounting.

The object of theinvention is to provide an improved construction of such gate, whereby we attain superior advantage with respect to' simplicity and efficiency.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of parts hereinaf- I ter fully described and claimed.

- In the accompanying drawings: Figure lis a front vlew of a gate constructed in accordfance with ourinventio'n; andFig. 2 is an end 'VlBW. v r 'Llke reference-numerals denote corresponding parts in boththefigures.

'In the'said drawings, the referencenu meral "1 designates the base beam running across the roadway, At each end this beam is pro; vlded with long uprights 2 and short uprights ,3, and is also provided with similaruprights or standards l and 5, nearits center.

These uprights or standards-are aligned'with each other, and the long uprights are provided with plates 6 near their upper ends, which support a rod or rail 7.

The numeral 8 denotes the gate proper, con- I sisting of the horizontal rails 9, the vertical bars 10, at each end, and the intermediate horizontal bars or rails 12. The end bars 10 exbar of the gate.

chains are wound, as hereinafter stated,

nearer to the ground so as to bring the chains within easy and convenient reach of a person desiring to open the gate. Said shaft16 may be left straight for its entire length, however, without affecting its function or operation; but when this shaft is bent or deflected, as shown on the drawings, each endnear the inner bearings 17 is severed, and the severed parts are jointed by auniversaljointor b51111. and-socket joint, so as to enable the shaft to revolve freely in its bearings, which would otherwise be impossible. Secured to or mounted upon this shaft near-its center is a flanged drum 18, upon which is wound a cord or wire 19, one end of which is secured to the rear-end-bar of the gate, while its other end is secured to a crank 24:, on a rod or shaft 25, passing through an aperture in the front end means of a rod or chain 27,'with a spring catch 28, of spring metal, secured tofone of the horizontal rails 9, having itsfree end bent into a hook 29, adapted to engage with a cross bar 30, secured to the front uprights 2 and 3. its outer ends the shaft 16 is provided with small flanged drums 2O with;which are connected the operatingcords or chains 21, which hang down within convenient reach.

' The operation will be readily understood."

Thefother end of this shaft .is provided with a crank 26,connected by The gate being in normal position or closed,

a person desiring to op'enthe same grasps one of thedepending chains 21 on either side thereof, and, pulling upon the'same, rotates the shaft 16 and drum 18, causing the Wire or cord 19 secured thereto, and to the end-bar of the gate, to be wound thereon and to slide the gate backward upon thetrack 7. At the same time, the catch 28 will be disengaged from the bar 30 so as to permit of the movement of the connected therewith and with the rear endbarof the gate, the gate proper consisting of front and rear vertical bars and horizontal bars, the spring-catch, the cranked shaft connected therewith and with said intermediate drum, the cross bars with which said catch engages, and the stop-plate; substantially as described. 7

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto aftirzed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

TIMOTHEUS HOHULIN. JOHN HOHULIN.

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ERNST SUCHERT, WILLIAM VoELPELr 7 

